Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations

Array of Health Reforms on the Table This Year

A health care proposal by Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) "joins an array of proposals already being advanced" by the White House, several states, lawmakers, and insurance and consumer groups, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Journal reports that "the chances of any of these proposals being enacted this year are slim," but "if Congress and the White House are looking to make a deal on something major, they might look to health care."

According to the Journal, the plans by Bush and Wyden "have the potential to affect nearly all Americans by fundamentally altering the employer-sponsored system that now provides coverage to 175 million people."